Accra Brewery Limited (ABL), a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB-InBev), the world’s largest brewer, hosted graduate and post-graduate students of the University of Ghana’s Department of Nutrition & Food Science for a brewery tour of its factory site.
During her welcome speech at ABL’s famous refreshment area dubbed CLUB 31, Ms. Adwoa Aaba Arthur, ABL’s Director of Legal & Corporate Affairs, informed the students that “at ABL, our Dream is to bring people together for a better world. To realise this Dream, we invest in a Growing World where everyone has the opportunity to improve their livelihood”.
ABL achieves our Dream by supporting tertiary education in Ghana with our brewery tours where we share recent industry information and demonstrate the technological evolution which has immensely transformed the brewing process for producing our beverages.
The students, led by their lecturer, Dr. Angela Parry Hanson-Konadu, from the Nutrition and Food Science Department of the University of Ghana began their tour with the Quality Assurance Department. Mr. Wisdom Kofigah, ABL’s Quality Assurance Manager, gave a presentation on how we brew our beer and emphasized on our fermentation processes.
The students observed a demonstration on how yeast is fermented as part of the process for the production of CLUB Premium Lager. Mr. Kofigah explained that yeast is used in the fermentation process to “bring beer to life”.
Mr. Benard Adzomadi, ABL’s Quality Specialist and brewery tour guide, explained that after the bottles are washed, they are inspected by the Empty Bottle Inspector (EBI) for flaws such as chips in the neck of the bottle, and scuffs. After the flawed bottles are rejected, the approved ones are conveyed to the filler bowl to be filled with beer.
Next, the bottles go through several quality checks through the fill height inspector and then checked for “under-fills and over-fills”. These filled beer bottles are then conveyed to a crowner and capped. The ready-for-market beverages are loaded into crates for nationwide distribution.
After the brewery tour, the students returned to CLUB 31, where Dr. Hanson-Konadu commended ABL for maintaining a clean and safe factory environment to ensure that the beverages are produced within the highest health standards. She mentioned that “the students had recently studied fermentation at the University and were enthusiastic about the brewery tour which ended up being a great learning experience”.
She further added that, “your packaging line is amazing with state-of-the-art equipment which is highly impressive. We look forward to coming back again to learn new things”.
In addition to our Dream of bringing people together for a better world, we also invest in a Cleaner World where our natural resources are shared and preserved for the future; and in a Healthier World where every experience with beer is positive.
Accra Brewery Limited has been a major player in the Ghanaian alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage market since 1931. We proudly count CLUB Premium Lager, Eagle Lager, Eagle Extra Stout, CLUB Shandy Bͻsoԑ, Stella Artois; and our non-alcoholic malt beverage, Beta Malt, as brands available to our cherished customers.
Nana Antwiwaa Asante is our Country People Lead. Antwiwaa holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agric (Hons.) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; a Juris Doctorate from the Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University; and a Practicing Certificate from the Ghana School of Law. Nana Antwiwaa joined us in 2015 as our Legal and Regulatory Affairs Manager, prior to which she worked as a lawyer at Jan Chambers, a law firm, and as Employee Relations Manager, West Africa, for Standard Chartered Bank. She is a member of the Ghana Bar Association, and was appointed our Chief People Lead in April, 2017.
Nana Antwiwaa’s favourite ABL brand is Beta Malt. Why? Because ‘I just love it!’
Supporting the BU West Finance Director to drive growth and profitability.
Masters Degree in Accounting from the University of Ghana Business School and Bachelor of Commerce (BCOM) from the University of Cape Coast.
Joined in February 2012 as Assistant Accountant. Other positions held for the past years were, Management Accountant, Decision Support Manager, ZBB and Cycle Manager.
Favourate Beer Breand. Club Lager because it is uniquely refreshing
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He holds a Master’s Degree in Accounting and Taxation from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration and a Bachelor of Commerce (Bcom) from the University of Cape Coast. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICA, Ghana) and the Chartered Institute of Taxation, Ghana (CIT, Ghana)
Maxwell joined ABL in 2013 as the Accounts Payable Manager and was promoted to Country Tax Manager in 2017. He assumed his current role in November 2019. Prior to joining ABL he worked as a Principal Internal Auditor at Ghana Highways Authority.
Maxwell’s favorite ABL brand is Club because it is REFERESHING
Education
– University of Ghana Business School (Master’s degree)
– University of Cape Coast (1st degree)
Qualifications
– EMBA in Entrepreneurial Management
– BSc Biological Science (Chemistry)
Joined ABL in
1st November 2006
Positions occupied
Microbiologist, Taste Coordinator, Safety Coordinator, Laboratory Manager, Unit Manager, Brewing Development Manager, Brewing Manager, Plant Manager
Favorite ABL brand and why
Club Premium Lager because it is a Ghanaian Beer
Chuka Nnaobi is our Country Marketing Lead.
Chuka is Certified Marketer (CM1) General Assembly and is studying for an M.Sc. Research & Public Policy with the University of Lagos. He holds a B.Sc. Computer Science from University of Nsukka.
He joined us from our sister company, International Breweries PLC, where he worked as a Consumer Connections Manager. Prior to this he held the role of an Innovations Manager at International Breweries PLC. He has also worked in different capacities at Procter & Gamble, The Turbo Group, Seamfix, and McCann Erickson in Nigeria.
Kwasi Amoako is our Country Logistics Lead. He holds an MBA in Marketing from the University of Education, Winneba, an MBA in Organisational Management from the Cambridge International College, United Kingdom, and a BBA in Management from the University of Education, Winneba. He also holds a Third Level Diploma in Public relations from the LCCI, United Kingdom and is currently a PhD Candidate, Marketing at the Universidad Empresario De Costa Rica.
Kwasi joined ABL as a Trade Marketing Representative in 2004 from where he rose through ranks, holding several roles including Sales Manager, Channels Execution Manager, Trade Marketing Manager, Commercial Manager and District Manager. Before his appointment as Country Logistics Lead, he worked as our National Route to Market Manager. Prior to joining our business, Kwasi worked with the Judicial Service of Ghana, Brong – Ahafo Region as a Registrar and Court Manager. He has also done some part – time radio presenting in the past with Sky FM in Sunyani.
Solomon Yaw Ayiah is our Country Legal & Corporate Affairs Lead.
He holds LLB from GIMPA, Masters in Development Communications from GIJ, B.A in Communications Studies from UG and Diploma in Journalism from GIJ
He joined us from GHACEM Limited were he worked as the Strategy and Corporate Affairs Head. He has also worked as the Marketing Manager, World Vision International, Communications Manager for ABSA (formerly Barclays Bank Ghana Limited), and Assistant Editor of Ghana Television.
Galo is our Country Managing Director. He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University “Teconologico de Monterrey” in Mexico and Bachelor degrees in both Economics and Business Management from “UEES University” in Ecuador.
He began his career in the beer industry in 2009 in Ecuador, South America. Galo joined the Route to Market team, and was later promoted as the Sales District Manager, where he was awarded a gold medal at the “MD Award” in 2011 as the best District Manager.
In 2013 he was promoted to Mozambique where he took the role as Country Trade Marketing Manager for 2 years. In 2015, Galo was promoted to the Africa Zone Head Quarters in South Africa to lead Cold & Draught Strategy for Africa. In 2017 he was promoted to Trade Marketing Director of Southern Africa responsible for Mozambique, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia. He held this role until 31st of January, 2020. He joined Accra Brewery Limited as the Country Managing Director in February, 2020.
Galo’s favourite ABL brand is CLUB Beer, because “it’s the true Ghanaian beer.”